Melinda Jackson Quotations

He's defiantly thinking ahead to re-election. He wants to win back those moderates and Democrats, many of them that helped put him in office.

His strategy in terms of moving toward the center and trying to satisfy the people who elected him in the first place is working. But in terms of his re-election, this is a very tricky path to walk. He needs to be careful not to alienate his conservative, Republican base.

We had a confluence of negative events -- the hurricanes, gas going for over $3 a gallon and a rising death toll in Iraq, all in September. All that combined to create a sense of anxiety.

Each survey is just a snapshot in time, so I really don't know if the trend will be sustained and a real upswing in consumer confidence, or if it's a blip.

The bad news for the governor is that about half the voters (48 percent) say that Schwarzenegger's decision to call a special election, and the defeat of his ballot measures, has made them less likely to vote for him for re-election.